Himachal assembly session begins on stormy note, BJP stages walkout over law and order
Hindustan TimesThe two-week Monsoon session of Himachal Pradesh Assembly started on a stormy note on Tuesday with the opposition BJP staging a walkout after rejection of its adjournment motion on alleged deteriorating law and order situation in the state. Soon after the obituary references to former MLAs -- Tek Chand Dogra, Narayan Singh Swami and Daulat Chowdhary, leader of the Opposition Jai Ram Thakur urged speaker Kuldeep Singh Pathania to allow the adjournment motion to discuss the “deteriorating” law and order situation. Parliamentary affairs minister Harshwardhan Chauhan said that law and order was an important issue but not attracting adjournment motion and can be discussed under Rule 130. Deputy chief minister Mukesh Agnihotri also ridiculed the BJP for bringing an adjournment motion on a gang war and said that what could be a bigger bankruptcy of the political party, adding that law and order deteriorated when an officer was shot at Kasauli during the BJP regime.